Pathophysiology

Wild-type transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis (ATTRwt), formerly called senile cardiac amyloidosis (SCA), is almost exclusively a disorder of older adults. As the…

Amyloidosis is a term for diseases caused by extracellular deposition of protein fibrils. The accepted nomenclature is "AX", "A" for amyloidosis, and "X" indicating…